The music world mourns the loss of rock 'n' roll pioneer Fats Domino, who entertained audiences and influenced generations of musicians with hits including “Ain’t That a Shame," “Blueberry Hill” and "I'm Walkin.'"

Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight boxing champion whose life is the subject of Martin Scorsese's acclaimed film 'Raging Bull,' died yesterday at the age of 95. Read more about his life in and outside of the ring.

Singer-guitarist and actor Glen Campbell, who was known for hits including "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Wichita Lineman" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," died today after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

When Helen Keller remembered the first time she met her future benefactor Alexander Graham Bell as a child, she wrote that she felt he understood her and she "loved him at once." Today, on Bell's birthday, here's a look at the enduring friendship between the two historical greats.

Today on the birthday of pioneering civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois, we take a look at his rivalry with Booker T. Washington and how both leaders and their clashing ideologies paved the way for the modern Civil Rights Movement in America.

Though exiled during the Tibetan Uprising of 1959, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, has been Tibet's most devout leader for more than 60 years, and continues to be one of the world's most ardent humanitarians and counsellors of peace. In celebration...